Head-on collision closes Newport bridge for 80 minutes

NEWPORT, R.I. -- Two people are in hospitals after a head-on collision closed the Newport bridge for an hour and 20 minutes starting at 3:14 p.m., according to the R.I. Department of Transportation's Traffic Management Center.

NEWPORT, R.I. -- Two people are in hospitals after a head-on collision closed the Newport bridge for an hour and 20 minutes starting at 3:14 p.m., according to the R.I. Department of Transportation's Traffic Management Center.

State police Sgt. Thomas Peck Jr. said a car and a pickup going in opposite directions collided on the Newport side of the bridge. He said the eastbound vehicle went into the westbound lane.

Details were not yet available, Peck said. One person was taken to Newport Hospital and the other was taken by medical helicopter to Rhode Island Hospital.